GOP Control of the Senate: What It Would Mean for Stocks

VA, NSA, IRS, GDP, ISIS. President Barack Obama -- O for short -- is wallowing in Acronymgate, a veritable freight train of scandals and policy flops threatening to drag down his Democratic Party come the midterm election, giving the Republicans control of both the House and the Senate. O's popularity ratings are stuck at an average of 41.5% -- meaning that over half of the legal citizenry dislikes the way he is conducting the country's business. Pundits, who are notoriously bashful prognosticators, already are giving the GOP a slight edge in November. The highly predictive Iowa Electronic Markets also sees the...